Well I have failed miserably at my goal of getting back to writing regularly here on the blog! But I do have a good excuse, or at least a reasonable distraction! This is my latest post for the Hoard’s Dairyman Blog – HD Notebook I’m one to say that men and women’s role on the […]
National Farmer’s Day
It appears there is a national day for everything, even farmers. So today we celebrate National Farmer’s Day. Yesterday as I walked through the grocery store I was honestly in awe of the fact that all that selection is made possible by a farmer somewhere. It really blows my mind when I realize that we […]
I had a Miscarriage
I’ve written this and let it sit. I’ve turned away and cried, slammed my fingers on the key board and cried some more. I’m a private person. This is literally bearing my heart and soul to you all. I wasn’t sure I wanted to, I’m not strong enough. As an introvert to my core. I […]
Celebrate Oregon Agriculture
My celebration for National Agriculture Week began two weeks ago when I had the opportunity to represent the Oregon dairy industry in the Celebrate Oregon Agriculture video series. I had never done any television work, but the whole process was fun and couldn’t have come at a better time after finishing media training with the […]
#ILookLikeAFarmer
Today for International Women’s Day I joined the Female Farmer Project in their #ILookLikeAFarmer campaign. It’s a movement to show the world what a large role women in agriculture play. And to show the world what a farmer looks like, beyond the stereotypical old man in flannel that comes to mind first. Because women are […]
Thank You 2015
Five Years of Blogging
Five years ago today, I sat down and wrote my first blog post. 140 total blog posts later and a presence on every social media, I can honestly say this whole idea has been an awesome ride. This platform has been so much fun to give a voice to the passion and dedication I truly […]
A Good Day
Sometimes, every once in a blue moon a perfectly ordinary day, is a good day. Nothing spectacular happened, nothing that was earth shattering good news, it just was. And in that just being, there was total peace and happiness for me. Add in a gorgeous sunset to end a beautiful Fall day in Oregon and […]
Lessons Taught by Cows
I struggled to pick a topic to write for this guest blog post. There are so many different directions I could go, being a wife, mother and dairy farmer. A friend asked me, “What do you want people to know about dairy farming?” I want people to know that while dairy farming is a business, […]
Hypothetical Kids
When Kris and I were deciding to buy the farm, we didn’t have any kids yet, but we did have a list of reasons why we wanted to raise our hypothetical kids on a farm. We were both raised on dairy farms, and we wanted that same kind of upbringing for our kids. We wanted […]
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